1,347 cases filed against cock fight organisers: Andhra Pradesh DGP

Vijayawada | Tuesday | 17th January, 2017

Summary:

Addressing a press conference here on Monday , the DGP said 94 cases were registered in urban areas like Vijayawada and Guntur while 309 cases were booked in rural areas of Guntur district. Similarly, 136 cases were registered in rural areas of East Godavari district.Meanwhile, people celebrated Mukkanuma festival by conducting cock fights for the fourth consecutive day in the state. VIJAYAWADA: While organisers and gamblers brazenly defied the Supreme Court order and went ahead conducting cock fights in AP, DGP N Sambasiva Rao on Monday slammed reports of police incompetence and pointed out that the department had registered 1,347 cases in the past few days in the Central Andhra region alone.As many as 471 cases were registered in Krishna district alone and West Godavari ranks second with 337 cases..